Process Of Manufacturing Low Protein Flour Pasta

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12169922

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The invention is directed to a method of producing a dried pasta from low protein flour and to the dried pasta produced from the low protein flour. Low protein flour and water are blended to produce a pasta dough with a moisture content of about 25 to about 45 percent. The low protein flour has a protein level less than about 10 percent and the pasta dough does not contain significant amounts of a texture enhancing agent. The pasta dough is extruded into a desired pasta shape. The desired pasta shape is dried at a temperature of at least 75.degree. C. and a relative humidity of at least about 70 percent for a time sufficient to produce a dried pasta with a finished moisture content of about 8 to about 13 percent. The dried pasta is produced has a textural firmness, after cooking, of about 12 to about 21 kgf (kilograms shear force).

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KRAFT FOODS HOLDINGS INCNORTHFIELD IL

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hansen, Timothy S LaGrange, IL 14 62
Padmanabhan, Mahesh Buffalo Grove, IL 6 26

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